It's been a steady exodus since less than a year ago when they removed the bit from their TOS about never selling your personal data and promising to protect your privacy.

I believe the recent surge has been the forced integration of AI features which are on by default (arguments were made to at least make them opt-in and not opt-out). Such features compromise privacy and security.

They're actively doing everything they can to monitize the consumer and going against their supposed stance as the 'privacy focused' browser.

I fully agree with you in wanting to keep your health telemetry private. I too baulked at smart watches for the same reasons. I hate the idea of such info being collected by any company.

I've found GadgetBridge paired with a cheap smartwatch to be a good solution for me. It let's you keep your telemetry local and provides a GUI for the info I want: steps, heart rate, activity, sleep, etc.

It sounds like they have some support for AsteroidOS already too. They also claim "As of the next Gadgetbridge release, it should have full support for AsteroidOS, and feature-parity with AsteroidOSSync."

Don't worry, I Upvoted Not Because Girl, But Because It Is Very Cool; However, I Do Concede That I Initially Clicked Because Girl

I believe these companies (Uber, Lyft, etc.) coined the term 'rideshare' primarily to skirt the taxi laws.

You see, they aren't technically running an unlicensed taxi business - no, no, no. When you use their app to say 'hey, I wish to go to the icecream shop on third', it lets all the other people with the app (and a car) know. If any of them happen to also be going to the icecream shop on third, they can let you know and the two of you can connect to share a ride there - isn't that nice!

These are in no way unlicensed taxis... That would be highly illegal and totally unfair to other taxi businesses that have to spend ungodly amounts of money to license their vehicles. It's just you and a stranger sharing a ride to go get some icecream...

I've also heard that in Alan Rickman's final scene, the director called for the release of his harness early (as in hitting the quick release on the 1 of a 3-count). As a result, the look of fear on Alan Rickman's face is genuine. From Rickman's perspective, the stunt initiated unexpectedly.

If true, another bit of realism appears right there on Rickman's shocked face.

Heh, in more ways than one

That's the wonderful thing about a living language, if enough people start using a new word or a variation on the spelling of an existing one, it can simply become correct at a point.

The compound variant 'usecase' is often used in tech and refers to a very specific means in which a system is utilized.

What I never understood is why the unloading process is so needlessly complicated. After splash down, why not attach a cable and hoist the capsule onto a ship for unloading?

Instead, it's always this long spectacle of multiple back-and-forth boat trips, inflation and attachment of rafts and 'porches', and several helicoptor trips to a ship.

Just build a recovery ship that can park right over the capsule and hoist it on deck.

A 'digital rendition of Hell'... you even Doom bro?

Wasn't the original Doom a digital representation of Mars and its moons: Phobos and Deimos?

Ya, I don't believe you can completely avoid it. I'm with you though, reduce the use of it in the kitchen and with food wherever possible.

Not only do I avoid plastic where heat is invloved but I also try and avoid plastic in places where mechanical friction or cutting is involved. Using steel mixing bowls and wooden cutting boards are two big ones for me to avoid adding bits of plastic to my food.

Hell, I kind of want a corner bed with two headboards now.

Not really unprompted and likely in relation to Trump's recent statements that the US would restart nuclear weapon tests.

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally... bitches.

Reads as rather blantant satire to me. Perhaps you're the weird one weirdy.

Heh, 'polyculture' sounds like a word a friend would use when describing the new folk they're hanging with after turning a 20-year monogamous marraige into an open relationship.

7 Dems who voted to fund ICE in January (DHS Funding):

• Tom Suozzi (NY-03)
• Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
• Don Davis (NC-01)
• Laura Gillen (NY-04)
• Jared Golden (ME-02)
• Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
• Marie Glusenkamp Perez (WA-03)

21 Dems who voted to fund ICE in February (DHS Funding):

• Sanford Bishop (GA‑02)
• Rosa DeLauro (CT‑03)
• Rick Larsen (WA‑02)
• Ed Case (HI‑01)
• Bill Foster (IL‑11)
• Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA‑03)
• Jim Clyburn (SC‑06)
• Jared Golden (ME‑02)
• Scott Peters (CA‑50)
• Joe Courtney (CT‑02)
• Josh Gottheimer (NJ‑05)
• Kim Schrier (WA‑08)
• Henry Cuellar (TX‑28)
• Jim Himes (CT‑04)
• David Scott (GA‑13)
• Sharice Davids (KS‑03)
• Steny Hoyer (MD‑05)
• Terri Sewell (AL‑07)
• Don Davis (NC‑01)
• Marcy Kaptur (OH‑09)
• Marc Veasey (TX‑33)

Yup, need to tax leveraged assets.

I think I've found my spirit animal.